Planning the Date for Your Yard Sale
By MamaBailey from Northbridge, MA
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RE: Planning the Date for Your Yard Sale
Having a yard or garage sale during the week is perfectly acceptable. But let me give you some advise; make signs that say the day and time of the yard/garage sale and post them 2 or 3 days in advance. That starts informing people it is going to happen. During the week I would recommend a late day sale, say 3 to 7pm. Make sure that is on the signs. This makes your sale available to people coming home from work. People usually don't have time in the morning or during lunch for a sale. This will help them know your sale will be going on. Most sales are over late in the day so people don't look for them.
This is a tip for yard or garage sales for anyone on any day: make good signs. Big enough to read from a moving car with a distinguished arrow pointing the way. Make the sign big enough to put your house number and street name. Post the signs well before necessary traffic turns. It doesn't hurt to post more than one sign for a turn. One well in advance and one at the turn. Make all the signs the same color and size. If the sale isn't obvious from the road as a driver approaches post a sign without an arrow. Again, same color and size.
The theory is, if its easy to find they will come. I've been doing yard sales for 34 years now on a regular basis. Not just having them but going to them (mykids get upward of 40+ gifts at Christmas and most of them are from yard sales). This works. Also, if your sale is a good distance down a street add to the sign how far it is: 1 mile, 3 blocks, 5 miles, etc. If I turn onto a road because of a yard sale sign and I don't see any thing within the first block I turn around... unless the sign told me how far to go. And signs that look the same let me know I found the right yard sale.
Someone who puts effort into their signs for me to find them deserve my business. This is more for weekend sales. Especially during the summer when they are more numerous. It is not hard to follow some good signs and stop at a yard sale and then find out the yard sale you were looking for is down the street further. And I always try to ask if that was their sign I was following.
Post by Suntydt
RE: Planning the Date for Your Yard Sale
A lot of people feel they are getting the bargain by hitting them up throughout the week so you may get more customers that way, good luck. My own personal experience is sell cheap bottled water and baked goods at your yard sale if you can. Always goes over big at mine.
Post by micksgirl
RE: Planning the Date for Your Yard Sale
The reason yard sales are on the weekend (I think) is that the weekends are when more people have the free time to cruise and buy. During the week a lot of people work. If you live in a retirement community or one where there are many stay-at-home people, weekdays may work for you. Unless your town has a limit on the the number of sales you can have a year, all you're using is your time. Good luck
Post by tennesue
RE: Planning the Date for Your Yard Sale
There is no ettiquite for having a garage sale other than to obey city ordinanes (fees, etc.) and be nice to your customers.
If you think that people will come during the week, by all means have your garage sale. I have noticed in the mid-west that years ago, garage sales were held on Saturday and Sunday. Then they went to Friday and Saturday - no Sunday. More recently they're held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday and occasionally even starting on Wednesday.
Post by Noella
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